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Author:  captain cab [ Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:05 pm ]
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Taxi driver tries to pin speeding offence on former employee


A TAXI boss tried to pin a speeding offence on a former employee who owed him money, a court heard.

Jamie Lyons, 41, of Windsor Road, Weymouth, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice at Dorchester Crown Court, after claiming a former employee was the driver of a car that was caught speeding through a 30mph zone.

A Vauxhall Zafira registered to Lyons was caught speeding at 45mph on Blandford Road in Hamworthy at 2.11am on Friday, June 9, 2013.

Lyons told the court that it was one of the cars used by taxi drivers at his firm Streetcars and he believed his former employee, Gary Dunlop, had been driving the vehicle on the date in question. However, Mr Dunlop, who worked for Lyons’ for less than a week in May 2013, was working for Weymouth and Portland Borough Council on the date in question and told the court he only ever drove a Toyota Avensis while working at Streetcars.

The court heard Mr Dunlop began working for Lyons on May 15, 2013, and quit the job after just six days when he struggled to make enough money.

Mr Dunlop told the court that after leaving Streetcars he owed Lyons money, due to the cost of getting Mr Dunlop insured to drive the cars, and said his former boss had threatened to ‘break his legs’ and ‘burn his house down’ if he did not pay him money back.

Mr Dunlop said he had refused to pay any of the money back until he saw a copy of the invoice from insurers to prove the actual amount he owed.

The court heard a series of texts, some abusive, exchanged between the pair that were provided from the defendant’s mobile phone.

Mr Dunlop informed the police that he had been threatened by Lyons, which led to police tracking him down to question him about threatening behaviour.

Lyons told the court that he had checked records at the time of filling in the form and found the car in question was not on shift.

He then said he asked a colleague who thought Mr Dunlop had been driving the vehicle, which he thought to be true. Prosecuting, Nicholas Tucker, suggested Lyons didn’t check any records and only said Mr Dunlop had been driving the car as a ‘petty act of retribution’.

Defending, Timothy Shorter, argued that the only thing Lyons was guilty of was stupidity and carelessness.

It took jurors just over an hour to reach a guilty verdict.

Lyons will appear at Bournemouth Crown Court for sentencing on Friday, November 7.

source: http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/11549634._/
Author:  Sussex [ Tue Oct 21, 2014 10:51 pm ]
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Hopefully this is one operator Uber will kill off.

Utters scumbag.
Author:  captain cab [ Tue Oct 21, 2014 10:51 pm ]
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Sussex wrote:
Hopefully this is one operator Uber will kill off.

Utters scumbag.


=D> =D> =D>
Author:  captain cab [ Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:56 am ]
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Victim speaks out as taxi boss allowed to keep licence



A TAXI driver has hit out after his former boss was convicted of trying to pin him with a speeding fine – and has been allowed to keep his licence.

As reported in the Echo, Jamie Lyones was found guilty of perverting the course of justice after he said former Streetcars employee Gary Dunlop – who owed him money – was driving a car when it was caught speeding.

Lyones was sentenced to a community order to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work.

But the borough council has agreed that Lyones can keep three taxi licences he holds.

The public and press were excluded from part of a licensing committee meeting while evidence was heard.

But speaking afterwards, chairman Cllr Hazel Bruce said Lyones was a ‘fit and proper person’ to hold his licences.

However, she told him to ‘apologise’ to the licensing officer for comments he’d made and take part in an anger management course.

“After careful consideration of all the evidence presented to us, the committee has concluded that Mr Lyones is still a fit and proper person to continue to hold a private hire operator’s licence, a private hire driver’s licence and Hackney carriage driver’s licence. Therefore, the application to review the licence is not successful.”

However, Mr Dunlop said he ‘strongly’ disagrees with the committee’s decision and has called for a meeting with the borough council’s chief executive to discuss it.

During Lyones’ trial, Mr Dunlop had told the court how he was employed by the taxi boss for less than a week in May 2013 and was working for Weymouth and Portland Borough Council on the date the speeding offence was committed.

“When you apply for a taxi licence, it says clearly in the guidelines that people with criminal convictions shouldn’t hold taxi licences,” he said. “But he is allowed to carry on driving the same as before. I think it’s disgusting. There are clear guidelines about taxi licences.”

source: http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/11655732._/
Author:  Sussex [ Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:48 am ]
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captain cab wrote:
But speaking afterwards, chairman Cllr Hazel Bruce said Lyones was a ‘fit and proper person’ to hold his licences.

Clearly they have incredibly low standards in Bournemouth. [-X
Author:  grandad [ Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:52 am ]
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Sussex wrote:
captain cab wrote:
But speaking afterwards, chairman Cllr Hazel Bruce said Lyones was a ‘fit and proper person’ to hold his licences.

Clearly they have incredibly low standards in Bournemouth. [-X

or large brown envelopes! :shock:
Author:  trotskys twin [ Wed Dec 10, 2014 5:44 pm ]
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grandad wrote:
Sussex wrote:
captain cab wrote:
But speaking afterwards, chairman Cllr Hazel Bruce said Lyones was a ‘fit and proper person’ to hold his licences.

Clearly they have incredibly low standards in Bournemouth. [-X

or large brown envelopes! :shock:


but of course the question is are trade going to allow this decision to TAINT their industry or will they campaign to have his license's removed and maintain the industry's credibility.......................i know what my moneys on :badgrin: :badgrin:
Author:  trotskys twin [ Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:10 pm ]
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Got that right then as usual well done .................................................TROTS =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
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